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Executive Nominations at Quiksilver Europe

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE - Quiksilver Europe announces significant executive appointments.

(St Jean de Luz, France), April, 3rd 2009 — Quiksilver Europe today announced significant executive appointments: Pierre Boccon-Liaudet as Chief Financial Officer and José Cledera as Chief Operations Officer. They will be reporting directly to Pierre Agnes, President of Quiksilver Europe and on a functional level to Joe Scirocco, Group CFO/COO.

These positions are effective immediately in replacement of the company’s former Vice President Finance & Operations, Sébastien Loux, who has resigned to pursue other interests. Over the past 15 years, Sébastien Loux played a strategic role in the development and growth of Quiksilver Europe.

Pierre Boccon-Liaudet (40) will have the responsibility for all Europe’ Finance functions, Customer Service and Sales Administration. Pierre joined Quiksilver Europe in May 2005 as Finance Director.  Prior to joining Quiksilver, Pierre held various financial positions at KPMG and Schlumberger in Europe and Asia.

José Cledera (46) will have the responsibility for all Europe Operations functions and IT. José joined Quiksilver Europe in May 2007 as IT Director. Prior to joining Quiksilver, José held several management positions in IT and Manufacturing at Motorola and Freescale in Europe.

About Quiksilver:
Quiksilver, Inc. (NYSE:ZQK) is the world’s leading outdoor sports lifestyle company, which designs, produces and distributes a diversified mix of branded apparel, footwear, accessories and related products.  The Company’s apparel and footwear brands represent a casual lifestyle for young-minded people that connect with its boardriding culture and heritage.

The reputation of Quiksilver’s brands is based on different outdoor sports.  The Company’s Quiksilver, Roxy, DC and Hawk brands are synonymous with the heritage and culture of surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding, and its beach and water oriented swimwear brands include Raisins, Radio Fiji and Leilani.

The Company’s products are sold in over 90 countries in a wide range of distribution, including surf shops, skate shops, snow shops, its proprietary Boardriders Club shops and other company-owned retail stores, other specialty stores and select department stores.  Quiksilver’s corporate and Americas’ headquarters are in Huntington Beach, California, while its European headquarters are in St. Jean de Luz, France, and its Asia/Pacific headquarters are in Torquay, Australia.

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